Going Beyond ‘Do You Know of Any Open Positions?’

Re:Going Beyond ‘Do You Know of Any Open Positions?’ by xtracto on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:48PM (#36698692)

Those two read a bit "Indian" to me; that is, like English that someone from India would write. Something similar happens when someone from my country (Mexico) writes an email/letter: You usually have to read it from the middle to the end, because the first half would be just fill-up text.

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Re:Going Beyond ‘Do You Know of Any Open Positions?’ by dewan23 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:51PM (#36699860)

Curious to hear more on "Those two read a bit "Indian" to me" :)

How would you start a conversation with a stranger?

``` I want $something

EOM ```

for some folks, filler sentences are a sign of politeness.

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Re:Going Beyond ‘Do You Know of Any Open Positions?’ by dgunay on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:39PM (#36700503)

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/babu

> The term babu English is a disparaging name for a florid, overly polite, or unidiomatic variety of English historically associated with Indians who have limited proficiency in English.

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Re:Going Beyond ‘Do You Know of Any Open Positions?’ by bluedino on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:18PM (#36700246)

Introduce yourself and ask your question.

Dewan,

Hi, this is bluedino, we've spoken a few times on Hacker News. I saw that your company has openings for QBasic programmers on their website, do you know anything about this position? I'm interested in applying and would love a referral or introduction to the hiring manager/team leader if that's possible.

Appreciate your time, BD

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